Seymour Library Movie Soup!

Catching up!

2011-12-10T10:26:00.002-06:00

Hello, all!

Anime Halloween 3 was a great success! We had a bigger audience than ever before! The anime was great, the cosplayers were awesome, and the curry turned out okay in spite of my worries, or at least nobody complained and lots was eaten. ^^ (Sorry if I was a bit out of things, I was not well and ended up in the emergency room 36 hours later.)

Now, as usual, we are looking for movies to show in the new year. January and February are always tough months to schedule for, because all the major kids' DVD releases come before Christmas or later in Spring, for Easter. And anything older we show has kids telling us, "Oh, I got that one for Christmas."

So, this is the best time for repeats, classics, or special events. Anyone want a particular older movie shown in February? Maybe a Harry Potter Deathly Hallows double feature? I'm willing to hear any suggestions, either here or in person in the library!

The end of Summer Reading-- Anime Halloween 3!

2011-08-26T16:16:00.002-05:00

The end of the Summer Reading program has arrived, and we will miss it! Thanks to everyone who took part. The outdoor movies were mostly a success. We watched Rango indoors due to rain. Rio was outside, though, on a beautiful night. Everyone had a good time, including (unfortunately) the mosquitos.

Our third Anime Halloween will be coming up on October 29th! I hope you can make it for anime, curry, and cosplaying! Dressing up is encouraged, but not compulsory.

Summer's here - Outdoor movies scheduled!

2011-06-06T11:56:00.003-05:00

We will be having two movies outdoors this summer, weather permitting! The first will be on August 12th, the second a week later on August 19th.

Be prepared, and supply your own lawn chairs, blankets, jackets, mosquito spray, and anything else you may need to brave an evening in the back yard! :D

Anime Afternoon rocked!

2011-04-04T10:15:00.004-05:00

Thanks to everybody who came! We had 27 people attend the event this time, more than ever before. Fortunately we had a lot of very cool door prizes this time around. We watched Black Butler, Pokemon, Full Metal Alchemist, Bleach, The Gokusen, Disgaea, The Story of Saiunkoku, School Rumble, and lots more! There was Japanese-style curry rice, traditional and peanut butter taiyaki, Japanese candy, Pocky, ichigo (strawberries!) with whipped topping, Cheetos, sandwich stuff, and Alyssa brought in delicious marzipan. (Thank you!) I am still tired, and the library still smells like curry, but all the anime is back in circulation.

Thanks to the Friends of the Library for helping to finance it! And thanks to everyone who spread the word and helped to make Anime Afternoon such a success!

More anime and stuff

2011-02-25T13:37:00.002-06:00

Well, the 83rd Academy Awards are coming up! I think Toy Story 3 has the Best Animated Film in the bag, don't you? It was disappointing that Despicable Me didn't get an nomination, though. That was another excellent film.

Gearing up for the next Anime Afternoon already, coming up on April 2. As always, we will have curry rice, Japanese candy, Pocky and snacks.

The Muehl Public Library has added a lot of new anime already this year. We have the complete collection of Vampire Knight, sure to delight Twilight fans and other angsty Vampire romance groupies. We have the first half of Black Butler, for those who prefer their anime more ghoulish and funny. Those are both dubbed in English, too--so many new anime are only available subtitled now. In the subtitled department, we have added the first part of Gin Tama (sci-fi samurai comedy adventures) and parts 3 and 4 of Eyeshield 21 (Football, comedy.)

In regular cartoons we have added the complete Dangermouse series (British secret agent mouse!) and the Best of Fat Albert.

New Year!

2011-01-07T14:32:00.002-06:00

Yay, it's 2011, and we have money in the movie budget again!

We'll be starting off the year by adding the complete collection of Bewitched! Eight seasons of Darren and Samantha, Endora, Tabitha, and the Cravitzes next door. Classic comedy, watch for it!

Also, Part 3 of the excellent animated football series, Eyeshield 21. In this segment, the Deimon Devil Bats take a training trip to the USA. If you want to see how America is viewed by the Japanese, this section is good for a few laughs. Wanna join an NFL team? Just show up for the public try-outs. :D

If you know of movies you think we should own, don't be afraid to suggest them at the front desk. We have Purchase Request forms for you to suggest library materials you want us to add to the collection.

VHS tapes are still here! I have doubts whether they will last through another year, though, as the collection is aging and they've pretty much stopped making them. We are not yet seriously considering adding a Bluray collection at Seymour yet, though the time will probably come.

Christmas movies!

2010-12-11T10:19:00.002-06:00

It's the holiday season again, and once more the Christmas movies are on the shelf! I'm afraid we haven't added a lot of new movies this year, though we now have The Search for Santa Paws.

Looking for something different? Here are some great Christmas movie recommendations!

Classics:
A Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful Life
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
A Charlie Brown Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon)
Miracle on 34th Street
Holiday Inn
White Christmas

Modern:
Elf
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (movie)
Tokyo Godfathers (Movie, subtitled)
Christmas in the Clouds
Skipping Christmas
Shrek the Halls

How Anime Afternoon works

2010-10-25T11:38:00.003-05:00

Since somebody asked in the comments, I will let you know how Anime Afternoon is run.

There is no charge for anything.

It runs from 4pm to midnight on Saturday, Oct 30.

We will have around a hundred Anime titles available! Most are owned by the library system, some are on loan from the private collections of participants.

We try to keep to anime rated for 13-14 year olds up till 8pm. After that, we need any younger kids to go, because we allow people to choose programs with more mature content.

We draw names, and the person whose name is picked gets to choose the next title we watch. There will be food and soda available. We have door prizes, but it's small stuff--second-hand mangas, stickers, library discarded DVDs, back issues of Shonen Jump, that sort of thing. There is no charge of any sort for anything, although donations of any sort are always welcome!

We encourage cosplaying (dressing up as an anime character!)

I hope that answers any questions! If not, call us at the library-- 920-833-2725 -- and ask for Colette!

Anime! Anime! Anime! :D

2010-10-13T18:32:00.002-05:00

I'm very excited about our second Anime Halloween! We will have more anime titles available than ever before! Not only have several other libraries added new titles, so have we, including the highly popular Hetalia: Axis Powers and the football comedy, Eyeshield 21. We will have curry rice and Taiyaki and Pocky, as usual. :)

If there is enough interest, we may do an Anime Christmas event...not as long and grueling, though. Maybe show Tokyo Godfathers and the Love Hina Christmas movie, and a couple of Christmas-themed anime episodes.

One note on attending our Anime event this October 30th: Most of our programs are rated for age 13 and up. But not all. In the evening we allow people to choose more mature programs to watch, closer to Rated R/ TV-MA. Anyone under the age of at least 13 should be heading home by 8.

Movie lineup change

2010-09-17T14:21:00.002-05:00

We're changing the Oct 1 movie from Free Willy to...ugh, not allowed to advertise titles. But it's a Disney action movie that takes place in ancient Persia.

PG-13, for intense violence and action. (Lots of sword-fighting!)

Star Trek returns to shelves

2010-09-16T12:20:00.001-05:00

If anyone heard the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the missing Star Trek DVDs, I would just like to announce that they have been found. They were apparently put in the wrong package...

Anime Halloween Returns!

2010-08-24T16:35:00.003-05:00

Get your cosplay gear together again, otaku hoard, because it's Anime Halloween again on Saturday, October 30, from 4pm to midnight! Watch Japanese cartoons with us! Free door prizes and snacks! Dress up as an anime character, and get a free Seroogey bar!

Recommended for teens to adults: some programs may contain swearing, nudity, and other material unsuitable for young children.

Outdoor Movie was a success!

2010-08-19T17:17:00.002-05:00

Thanks, everyone who came to the outdoor movie and made it such a success! We had between 40 and 50 people, the weather was pleasant, the movie was fun, and the mosquitoes were bearable. We watched Diary of a Wimpy Kid! A good time was had by all.

I've added the provisional lineup of new Friday movies! We are currently at a slow time of year for new releases, so September 3 we will feature a star-studded favorite of mine: rated PG, and may be slightly scary for very young kids. It is a time-traveling comedy directed by Terry Gilliam, with roles played by some of the Monty Python actors, including John Cleese, and also features Sean Connery, Ian Holm and Shelley DuVal. Star Wars fans might be interested in this trivia: two actors in the film also appeared in costume in the Star Wars original trilogy: Kenny Baker, the man inside the original R2D2, and Jack Purvis, who played a Jawa and an Ewok.

Movie lineup change.

2010-07-26T17:14:00.004-05:00

Due to the next Friday Night movie conflicting with the Balloon Glow at the Hamburger Festival, we will be canceling the show that night. Don't forget the outdoor movie, though, on Wednesday, August 18! (Or, in case of rain, August 19)

If it rains both nights, we'll do it indoors on Friday instead! :D

The Outdoor Movie

2010-05-29T13:28:00.002-05:00

This summer's outdoor movie is scheduled on Wednesday, August 18th. (Rain day on Thursday.) The summer reading program theme this year will be Make a Splash at the Library!

So, what splashy movie would you like to see on the outdoor movie night? The Little Mermaid? Help, I'm a Fish? Free Willy?

Suggestions strongly encouraged!

New 3D films at the Seymour library!

2010-05-12T14:12:00.003-05:00

I've always loved 3D, from Viewmaster slides and 3D comics to mind-boggling films like Avatar. It's always a pleasure to add more 3D films to our collection, and the current number of releases is making me a very happy camper! You have to be careful when buying 3D movies though: some require special 3D electronic equipment. We try to buy only the ones requiring simple paper glasses.

Recently we've added National Geographic's 3D film, Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure. It's a documentary about fossil hunters, and an excitingly animated recreation of the lives of the aquatic creatures they dig up. The 3D effects are weak in some scenes, but fantastic in others. (red and blue glasses)

Coming soon is Fly Me To The Moon, the story of three young flies who accidentally go up with the Apollo 11 mission. We might make a Movie Night out of this one!

Movies we already own in 3D:

Blue and Red glasses:
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl
Spy Kids 3D
Santa vs the Snowman
Shrek 3D

Trioscopic (purple and green glasses)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Coraline
B.O.B.'s Big Break

Biggest Ever Anime Afternoon!

2010-05-03T18:32:00.003-05:00

Last Saturday was our anime afternoon, and with 21 people turning up, it was our most widely attended anime event ever! We kicked off with Ouran High School Host Club, but Bleach was the most popular choice, with three people choosing to watch episodes of soul-reaping action. We also saw two episodes of Red Garden, Seymour's newest anime title.

Thanks to all who showed up, and to those who brought their own anime and treats to share!

Movie lineup changes...new Anime!

2010-03-12T13:44:00.002-06:00

The Fox movie has had to move back to May to make room for the Chipmunk sequel! The original Alvin and the Chipmunks movie was the library's record-setting movie night of all time, with 70 people in attendance!

We have ordered the full series of Pumpkin Scissors on DVD, for those of you who have not had the chance to see the entire series yet! (Part of it is in the system already.) We have also ordered Gakuen Alice, a highly-rated comedy from Rightstuf/Nozomi. (Subtitled only.)

With a little luck, at our next Anime Afternoon, I will try my hand at making Taiyaki, the fish-shaped, filled waffles that have appeared in so many anime series.

Anime Afternoon scheduled...

2010-02-17T15:53:00.003-06:00

In the mad scramble for meeting room time (it's occupied almost every Saturday in April) Anime Afternoon has been bumped back to May 1st! Since I have not yet started any permission requests or ordered any new anime series, this gives me a little breathing room.

One problem with ordering new series is that many companies have stopped adding English dubs to their anime DVDs. They need to cut expenses to stay competetive, and also they feel the need to get the new programs out on DVD as quickly as possible, before the fans who have watched online versions lose interest in the title.

Still, no problem filling Friday movie slots for April! As always, Spring comes with a bevy of new releases, including such films as Ponyo, The Frog Princess, Fantastic Mister Fox, Planet 51, Astro Boy, etc.

Post-Holiday movie stuff!

2010-01-06T13:39:00.003-06:00

Whew, the holiday shuffle is over, as is the end-of-year budget crunch, so we're back on schedule for Friday movies and new additions!

Hitting the DVD shelves soon:
Eerie, Indiana--a children's series where mysterious and horrifying things happen in a small Indiana town.

The Scarlet Pimpernel--The 1980's Jane Seymour made-for-TV version: everyone knows this is my favorite! (Though they should have restored it a little.)

My Family and Other Animals--the Masterpiece Theater performance of zoologist Gerald Durrell's hilarious childhood memoir.

Millionaire Dogs--an animated cartoon made in Germany. Haven't watched it yet, so I can't tell you more than that. If it's good, I'll add it to the Friday lineup.

Plus the usual new releases and hot items!

Next Anime Afternoon: nothing firm is planned yet, but we nearly always have one in April, when the danger of blizzards is past, so start planning on a Spring event again.

Rearranging the schedule...

2009-11-23T18:51:00.001-06:00

Well, after watching Up, it is a great movie, but not the toddler-pleaser we need for the Shop N Drop days, so we are doing a quick rearrangement of our December movie schedule. See you all then!

Trioscopic 3D

2009-09-30T14:45:00.002-05:00

The recent wave of 3D movies all use the new green and magenta Trioscopic 3D glasses. Recently, someone failed to return our glasses from Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the library checking it in failed to notice. Replacements have to be ordered in bundles of 50.

The good news in this is--we now have enough 3D glasses to have a 3D movie night!

We will be showing a 3D short with the upcoming Monsters and Aliens movie night, but an entire movie would be cooler still.

What do you think? Journey to the Center of the Earth? Coraline? My Bloody Valentine? Some other 3D film I don't know about yet? Let me know what you want to see!

Anime Halloween: License to Cosplay

2009-08-13T14:51:00.003-05:00

I've been hoping to make our next Anime Afternoon some time in October, and this year Halloween is on a Saturday, so--Anime Halloween!

As an added incentive, anyone dressing up as an anime character (or, heck--anything else cool) will get a special bonus! Not sure yet what that will be, considering we already have door prizes and free food, but I'm thinking, and will be glad to consider suggestions.

We will have a really special door prize this session, as well--a Hellsing Ultimate messenger bag, provided by Rightstuf.com. It's so nice I almost decided to keep it myself!

More announcements later.

Outdoor Movie update

2009-07-31T16:17:00.001-05:00

The outdoor movie will now be on Monday the 24th, due to scheduling conflicts and other snafus. Hope to see you there!

Summer movies

2009-07-29T15:43:00.002-05:00

Videos fly off the shelves in Summer, but most major new video releases are in Spring and Fall, which makes this a slow season for movie buying.

One popular new addition that Wallace and Gromit fans may enjoy are three DVDs of Shaun the Sheep.

We have also added two new anime series, Black Blood Brothers--a vampire tale--and the highly-rated Kanon, th3e story of a boy with amnesia who returns to his childhood home to regain his memories.

A complete set of the four Fast and the Furious movies has also been added to our shelves.

The Outdoor Movie!

2009-07-07T19:30:00.003-05:00

Everyone looks forward to our outdoor movies, I know. This year, we will only be having one. We will be showing the last Harry Potter movie to be released on DVD! And there will be a drawing for free movie passes, and a drawing to be the very first person allowed to check out Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from our library, when it is released to video.

So, get your lawn chairs, blankets and mosquito spray ready for August 24th, when the Library Movie braves the Great Outdoors! (Note: if it rains, we will change to the 25th.)

What's new in the movies!

2009-06-30T11:36:00.005-05:00

Recently we've added the first two seasons of MonsterQuest to the shelves. This is the History Channel's series where they go out looking for cryptozological creatures such as Bigfoot, Chupacabras, and more. You may be particularly interested in the episode American Werewolf, which takes place in Southern Wisconsin and features the Bray Road Beast. (Never heard of it? Check out our book on the critter!) Wisconsin is also mentioned in the chapter on gigantic and dangerous freshwater fish.

We have also added the Underworld trilogy. Need more vampires and werewolves between Twilight films? Look for Underworld on our shelves (as soon as I've finished watching it!)

Sounds a bit Gothy for midsummer, doesn't it? I've recently discovered the work of Goth singer/artist Aurelio Voltaire, and am listening to his CDs nonstop. His graphic novel, The Book of Deady, about an ugly teddy bear possessed by an evil alien, is on our shelves now in the Young Adult section. Coming soon is his previous work, Oh My Goth! and Deady Sings!, a CD sampler containing some of Voltaire's most morbidly funny songs. (I don't buy the music for Seymour, but if there is enough interest, I will see to it that more Voltaire gets on our shelves.) Check out his website for streaming music and even an online Deady video game! http://www.voltaire.net

Also new in the graphic novel sections, we have acquired almost all of the manga series Eyeshield 21, an action/comedy Shonen Jump series about school football players.

Back to Gothyness, Elizabeth is going to have some passes to Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince you can win! More details when I have them!

Summer's here!

2009-05-28T17:21:00.002-05:00

School is coming to a close, and the movie schedule is being jostled around other events--but we will still be showing films! Expect a couple of game nights on Friday as well!

The Anime Afternoon was a great success, with more attendance than any previous time. A fun time was had by all, and nobody died of the Japanese curry cooked by me. Since then, we've added the disrespected but still amusing anime, Trouble Chocolate, to the library shelves. Featuring the greatest love story between a Frankenstein and a vampire ever told. (Heh!)

No news yet on any outdoor movies, but we generally have a few around August, when it gets dark early enough and is not yet too cold. I will keep you posted!

Anime afternoon! Wheeee!

2009-04-28T16:16:00.003-05:00

Instead of a Friday evening movie, this week is our thirteenth Anime Afternoon, a special event where we watch a marathon of Japanese cartoons. It lasts from 4pm to midnight, but anyone can leave when they want and arrive when they want, because the shows are all around half an hour long.

We do advise that anime is intended for teen to adult audiences, as these programs might contain anything fom mild swearing and disturbing foreign customs to full nudity and extreme violence.

We will have some door proizes--mostly back issues of Shonen Jump--and as always will have some snacks and sandwich fixin's. This year I am attempting to make the infamous Japanese-style curry rice for all--whee!

This Saturday should be entertaining, because in addition to our old favorites, many new titles have been added to the library system. Seymour's newest addition is the full series Negima! (Rightstuf had the $90 box set on sale for $24! Woo hoo!) The Appleton library has added Shin-chan and Moribito, Guardian of the Spirit to the mix, and I'll be bringing some new weird stuff from my personal collection, including The Legend of Black Heaven, Kujibiki Unbalance, Genshiken and Gatchaman.

Hope to see all you smiling, happy Otaku on Saturday!

New non-fiction videos at the Muehl Public Library

2009-03-10T16:00:00.002-05:00

We try to keep 'em interesting and informative! This month we are adding:

Ricky Tims presents Grand Finale--Machine quilting and finishing.

Arctic Dinosaurs--from Nova. We know you love dinos!

Escape to Chimp Eden--about abused and abandoned pet chimps being rehabilitated.

Drop-Shot Secrets Revealed: Most Effective Fishing Technique for Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Trout, Perch, and all fish that swim!

Fishing with Roland Martin

And in response to a request for videos about whales:
Whale Wars--environmentalists confront whalers on the open ocean!
and
Whales: an unforgettable journey

2009-03-07T10:40:00.004-06:00

Whew! We had a big movie night yesterday--nearly 60 attended Madagascar 2! Everyone agreed it was a great movie. Thanks for coming!

This month I've gone a little hog-wild with the anime budget. Yes, of course, we are still ordering a variety of family movies and new releases!

But I have recently added two classic anime series. Love Hina is a famous 'harem' anime. Keitaro, who failed his college entrance exams, becomes the manager of an all-girls' dormitory as he studies to try again next year. Most of the girls have crushes on him, a few beat him up regularly, and one of them may be his mysterious childhood friend, to whom he made a promise that they would attend Tokyo University together.

Also, after an intense Ebay struggle, we got both seasons (and the Extra Class disc)of School Rumble, the classic high school romantic comedy. The main character is a goofy girl named Tenma. She has a crush on Kurasawa, who doesn't know she exists. Meanwhile, Harima, the school delinquent dropout, has returned to school because of his crush on Tenma (who doesn't know he exists.) And so it goes...

Movie lineup change

2009-03-02T20:14:00.003-06:00

After previewing City of Ember, I've decided to bump it off the lineup of upcoming movies in favor of a newly released animated film I just discovered.

(Not saying anything's wrong with City of Ember, the new film will just make a better all-audiences movie.)

See you Friday!

It's the season for big, hot, green movies!

2009-02-22T14:15:00.002-06:00

When March rolls around and snow is dumping down everywhere, that's when I crave jungle movies and tropical island movies! Anything to get lots of green on the screen.

CONGO is one of my favorite winter-busting movies. An expedition to return a sign-language-trained gorilla to the wild is used as cover for the actions of a communications company searching for their lost employees and an unscrupulous adventurer seeking King Solomon's diamond mines. Jungle hikes, whitewater rafting, and even an erupting volcano ought to warm your winter-ridden heart.

Disney's Tarzan is another favorite. Disney's most expensive animated movie of all time, so far. You might never again see the kind of care and detail that was lavished on animating the jungle envionment. The warm Hawaiian setting of Lilo and Stitch makes it another great cartoon for the winter.

What are your favorite winter movies?

Friday Night Movies at the library

2009-02-13T16:17:00.003-06:00

They are free
There is free popcorn
There is free soda (in limited amounts)
There is NOT free babysitting: stay with your kids if they're too young to be alone.
We have movies about every other week, though the schedule is flexible.
The movies are projected on the wall of our meeting room.
Movies are not always pre-screened. We will warn you on the posters if it's rated PG-13 or higher.
We usually show a cartoon or short film before the actual movie for people who show up early (or late!)

Hope to see you at the movies!

Welcome to MovieSoup!

2009-02-05T13:25:00.000-06:00

In this blog, I'll be posting news and information about the latest movies and showtimes at Muehl Public Library in Seymour, Wisconsin! Patrons of the Muehl Public Library, please feel free to post comments, requests and questions here if you have any for the Seymour Movie Diva! (I'm Colette, the one in the wolf T-shirt. Yeah, that's me.)

What's new and exciting?!

We just cashed in our Disney Movie Rewards points (yes, we save them! If you don't, and buy Disney movies we don't own, feel free to donate!) and got three Disney Movie Club releases.

So Dear To My Heart--This is the story of a boy raising a lamb for the county fair. It's live with some animated segments, and this is the first DVD release of it, I believe.
Little Dog Lost--The story of a lost Welsh Corgi, and its attempt to find a home. Based on the book Candy Come Home, Corgi owners have been pestering Disney to rerelease this one on video for ages.
Stub, the Best Cowdog in the West--Three cowdogs help a rancher hunt down a wild Brahma bull.

We have new anime as well! I'm especially fond of these Japanese animated series, so you'll hear a lot about this stuff.

The Wallfower--Sunako is scarred for life when the boy she confesses her love to tells her, "I don't like ugly girls." She becomes a terrifying, morbid Goth horror-movie fanatic. Her rich Auntie dumps her on the four pretty boys who rent her mansion, warning them that unless they can turn her into a proper lady, their rent will be tripled. Oh, no!

Death Note--Light Yagami seems like the perfect high school student. But then he finds a notebook dropped by a bored death god. The person whose name is written in the Death Note will die. Light decides to bring justice to the world by killing off all the criminals. Soon the wave of deaths is being investigated by the genius detective known only as "L." Will L discover the murderer's identity before Light learns his name? Nail-biting suspense in this cat-and-mouse thriller! The library has acquired the box set containing the first 20 episodes of the series, as well as the live-action moview based on it! (And the second Death Note movie will be arriving soon!)

Hope to see you around the library!